Illusions Among Us

Behind every DJ recording is the place where we all live and come together, our city of New Orleans. In this episode, DJs explore the role of music and culture in our community by interviewing three New Orleans-based musicians, and then head down to Tremé Fest to interview festival-goers about their experiences. Huge thank you to the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities for supporting this episode!

Have you ever thought you saw something...only to realize it wasn't what it seemed? In this episode, Be Loud DJs explore illusions. First, DJs wrote and interviewed about how illusions show up in their lives. Then we traveled to the Museum of Illusions to immerse ourselves even more in the ins outs and upside-downs of how our brains play tricks on us. This episode is sponsored by 4th Sector Solutions - thank you, 4th Sector Solutions, for your support!

Presenting recordings from Loud Stories! Loud Stories is a week-long summer program for high school students, where they learn media production and audio storytelling skills while doing a deep dive into a topic that matters. For this year's Loud Stories, students spent the week focusing on misinformation - exploring how it shows up in their lives, and the impacts it has on their mental, physical, and community's health. This episode features recordings from some of the personal narratives and interviews conducted during that week! Check out more from Loud Stories on the website at https://beloudstories.org and check back for Part 2 of Loud Stories content in the weeks to come!This episode is sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Huge thank you to our sponsors for all of their support!

Teens Talk AI was a three-day whirlwind where youth in New Orleans took a closer look at how AI is part of their lives. Students unpacked how they’re using AI tools already, where AI feels helpful (or stressful), what they still don’t understand about the technology, and how they hope AI might show up in the future. This 2-parter episode brings together highlights from the interviews and narratives recorded during the week - welcome to Part 2! You can also check out the full interviews in your podcast feed. Enjoy!

Teens Talk AI was a three-day whirlwind where youth in New Orleans took a closer look at how AI is part of their lives. Students unpacked how they’re using AI tools already, where AI feels helpful (or stressful), what they still don’t understand about the technology, and how they hope AI might show up in the future. This episode brings together highlights from the interviews and narratives recorded during the week. You can also check out the full interviews in your podcast feed. Enjoy!

Teens Talk AI was a three-day whirlwind where youth in New Orleans took a closer look at how AI is part of their lives. Students unpacked how they’re using AI tools already, where AI feels helpful (or stressful), what they still don’t understand about the technology, and how they hope AI might show up in the future. As part of that program, some youth led interviews with professionals who are thinking deeply about the impact of AI. Through these interviews, youth were able to ask questions, compare notes, and share experiences with these experts. Check out all of these great interviews in the Teen Talk AI series!

Teens Talk AI was a three-day whirlwind where youth in New Orleans took a closer look at how AI is part of their lives. Students unpacked how they’re using AI tools already, where AI feels helpful (or stressful), what they still don’t understand about the technology, and how they hope AI might show up in the future. As part of that program, some youth led interviews with professionals who are thinking deeply about the impact of AI. Through these interviews, youth were able to ask questions, compare notes, and share experiences with these experts. We're excited to share those conversations here - come back for more of this series in the weeks to come

Teens Talk AI was a three-day whirlwind where youth in New Orleans took a closer look at how AI is part of their lives. Students unpacked how they’re using AI tools already, where AI feels helpful (or stressful), what they still don’t understand about the technology, and how they hope AI might show up in the future. As part of that program, some youth led interviews with professionals who are thinking deeply about the impact of AI. Through these interviews, youth were able to ask questions, compare notes, and share experiences with these experts. We're excited to share those conversations here - come back for more of this series in the weeks to come!

Teens Talk AI was a three-day whirlwind where youth in New Orleans took a closer look at how AI is part of their lives. Students unpacked how they’re using AI tools already, where AI feels helpful (or stressful), what they still don’t understand about the technology, and how they hope AI might show up in the future. As part of that program, some youth led interviews with professionals who are thinking deeply about the impact of AI. Through these interviews, youth were able to ask questions, compare notes, and share experiences with these experts. We're excited to share those conversations here - come back for more of this series in the weeks to come!

Teens Talk AI was a three-day whirlwind where youth in New Orleans took a closer look at how AI is part of their lives. Students unpacked how they’re using AI tools already, where AI feels helpful (or stressful), what they still don’t understand about the technology, and how they hope AI might show up in the future. As part of that program, some youth led interviews with professionals who are thinking deeply about the impact of AI. Through these interviews, youth were able to ask questions, compare notes, and share experiences with these experts. We're excited to share those conversations here - come back for more of this series in the weeks to come!